My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
Ben had declared that the only speech he wanted at his graduation was grace for the food. But a diploma was important to Dan, so we ordered one. Despite having played in the band for the last 5 graduations at Continue reading Graduation Photos and the lists I used for college applications
This Saturday I got to go shopping at Michaels – I did need a new design notebook, but I picked up a micron pen and a little sketch book while I was at it. When I got home, I added Continue reading I really don’t need a new hobby – but it’s nice to know what what a tortilon is for.
Ah, one way to get out of procrastinating is to make something pretty and useful. Or just pretty and related. Like bullet points that color code to the bookmarks in your Bible so you don’t get confused where to refer Continue reading Organizing my outline with scrapbook scraps and a decorative punch
At approximately 6:32AM, K ‘cuddled’ into my bed, a procedure which involves a lot of rib and knee kicking. “Momma, we make the book today…Can we have eggies for breakfast? Momma, we make the book NOW?” Breakfast was served at Continue reading Making a mini-book with K
K is my girl. Give her a bunch of raw materials (paper, recycling stuff before I can take it out, old beads…and a LOT of glue) and she will make more stuff than I can easily store. Miss Jamie at Continue reading K and Paper
I’m sort of a seasonal scrapbooker. I put projects away, then pull them out months later when I can focus on them. Now that I’m designing, knitting is more year round, but other projects are the same way: I write Continue reading Sticky Notes in my Computer
Yes, scrapbooked objects can get too busy and gaudy. But sometimes, the question is not, “Is this tasteful?” but, “Can I find it in a crowded room?” So, with that caveat, here is my pretty picture: Last Spring, with my Continue reading {pfhr} The Co-op Clipboard
And they were still alive at supper, so I did it. We took recess at Capron Park today too. The kids were more interested in playing under the weeping fig tree than in the sunny playground. (do all fig trees Continue reading My Job is to Keep the Children from Melting
Well, there is little use being shy of self promotion on a blog. My comments got read on the Paper Clipping Roundtable, from about 7:30 to 13:00 min. And Izzy used my comment to name this Digi show post. The Continue reading My comments got read!
Oh you can certainly use them with polymer clay and embossing powder, but have you considered the vocabulary building aspect?“F’ower Mamma?” “F’ower?” “See f’ower Mamma?” Then there is the block aspect of wood block mounted rubber stamps. You can stack Continue reading Looking for something else to do with rubber stamps?
A lot of my friends roll their eyes at me about scrapbooking, it’s kitsch (yeah. So what? sometimes you just need to give yourself a sticker for getting your photos printed and organized. A sticker, and pretty patterned paper, and Continue reading Back in Print! The Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker